North Carolina's famous light phonomonem has been observed in the vicinity of Brown Mountain, Wilson's
Creek Gorge and Linville Gorge since the early 1900's and perhaps even earlier.

Charles Braswell Jr, a professional photographer from Taylorsville, NC has been
investigating the strange lights that appear in the sky above the ridges
of Brown Mountain for over 16 years. "I have been carefully observing the mountain
for unusual lights and have determined that there are many manmade lights and
celestial objects that can be seen on BM and in the immediate area. You must first
learn to distinguise which lights are easily explained. Once you learn how these normal
lights look in the night sky and on the side of the mountain then you will be able to
recognize the unusual BML's on the very rare occasion when they do manifest
themselves to the observer."